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Welcome to Raising Good Humans. I'm Dr. Lisa Pressman. Today, I'm answering your listener

questions you sent me on DM, on Instagram, that asked about social media and smart phones

and what in the world to do. And I thought this would be a great episode

to enlist Dr. Devura Heitner, who wrote Screenwise, which is a realistic and optimistic

perspective on how to thoughtfully guide kids in the digital age. And she has an upcoming

book called Growing Up in Public. It's the definitive book on helping kids navigate

growing up in a world where nearly every moment of their lives is shared and compared.

She's coming out in the fall. She's going to be back to talk about this. But I thought,

given that right now, my Apple Premium podcast season is all about tech and social media

and smartphones and tablets and how we're navigating this. And you can get to that going

to Apple Podcasts and just go to Raising Good Humans and sign up for my premium subscription.

But this is extra because I'm answering the exact questions you had. And of course,

if you have a question, chances are someone else has that same question. So this is really

relatable and really important. And Dr. Heitner is an expert in media and technology

and society. That's her entire focus. So she really is a wealth of knowledge. And she offers

great strategies for mentoring our kids in this hyper connected world.

So we're going to just dive right into your questions.

So I asked on my Instagram, what are your social media concerns? And so of course,

I thought it would be such a gift for everybody to have you help answer these questions.

So let's just go through them. And then as we're going through them,

we can get into sort of the developmental conversations that they might bring up

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